Li Xiaoya refused to believe they had somehow ended up at the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea, while Dong Santong stood by his judgment. The two had argued and finally made a wager. Given their present circumstances, Li Xiaoya had naturally lost, and those several bottles of elixirs were what he had forfeited.
"Haha! That's what you get for doubting me!" Dong Santong laughed, smugly putting away the elixirs. Then he said to Li Xiaoya, "Hey, senior brother! Judging by things now, I'd say the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea has the richest spiritual qi. Why don't we search there?"
"Uh! Since we're already here, we might as well go in and look!" Li Xiaoya shrugged helplessly. From what he could see, the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea was far larger than he had imagined. The place he and Dong Santong had visited last time only yielded two- or three-hundred-year-old seahall jade spirit ginseng. Now they could only try searching the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea...
"Hehe! Senior brother! Why don't we retrieve that heavenly starstone while we're at it?" Dong Santong suggested. Seeing Li Xiaoya hesitate, he hurried on, "Hey, senior brother! If we leave that heavenly starstone to that... that Whale-Swallowing Beast, there'll be less and less of it left! Besides, that fellow might grow even stronger. Then dealing with him will be much harder!"
"Uh!" Li Xiaoya paused, looking Dong Santong up and down. Those words hardly sounded like something Dong Santong would say.
" Huh? Senior brother! Why are you staring at me?" Dong Santong asked, puzzled.
"Nothing!" Naturally, Li Xiaoya kept his doubts to himself. After a pause, he hurriedly added, "You have a point, but I don't remember that place very clearly anymore. Getting there and back could take quite a while! And there are plenty of High-Rank Demon Beasts along the way!"
"Haha! Don't worry,